332 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON A COLLECTION OF 
ХҮН АСЕ Ж. 
XYRIS GRANDIS, n. sp. 
Herba valida; foliis magnis late ensiformibus acuminatis equitantibus sub- 
coriaceis, 24 poll. longis, 2 poll. latis. Seapus brevior, 19 poll. longus, teres. 
Capitulum obovatum magnum 4 poll. in diametro. Bracteæ exteriores 
lanceolate: acutæ 1 poll. longze, atrobrunnem lucide. Sepala 3 ineequalia, 
lanceolata acuta cartilaginea atrobrunnea. Petala 3 euneato-oblonga, 
marginibus laceratis, flava. Stamina oblonga glabra. Stylus cum 
brachiis 3 elongatis extrusis. 
Gunong Tahan, 3300 ft. Flowers yellow, leaves green tinted with red, 
brown at the base. (5341.) 
This is the finest Xyris I know ; the great sword-like leaves recall those of 
Cladium Maingayi, C. B. Clarke, of Mt. Ophir, and are quite unlike 
those of any other species. 
X. RIDLEY, Rendle, in Journ. Bot. xxxvii. (1899) 505. 
Gunong Tahan, 5000-6000 ft., in damp places on rocks. Flowers bright 
'admium-yellow, turning white. (5450.) 
Distrib. Kedah Peak. 
The original specimen from Kedah Peak is somewhat taller. with slightly 
larger heads, but the plants from the two localities are evidently 
conspecific (A. В. В.). 
ARACEA, 
SCINDAPSUS SCORTECHINII, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 541. 
Gunong Tahan, 3300 ft., climbing on trees, Whole flower pale yellow. 
(5307.) | 
Distrib. Common in all the hill districts in the Peninsula. 
ERIOCAULONACEJE. 
IEnrocAULON MACROPHYLLUM, Kuhl., in Engl. Pflanzenr., Енос. 11. 
Gunong Tahan, 5000-5000 ft. Flower-heads greyish-white. (5510.) 
I take this to be a form of the Javan plant described by Ruhland, but have 
seen no type. Plants collected by Horsfield at Rawa Diyang seem to be 
the same thing. 
GYMNOSPERMJE. 
CONIFERJE. 
AGATHIS LORANTHIFOLIA, Salish. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. (1807) 312. 
Gunong Tahan, 5000—6000 ft. Tree from 35-40 feet high, in sheltered 
gullies. (5488.) 
Distrib, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
